by Michael Vacca | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
The COVID-19 Coronavirus has been challenging. One challenge has been determining how scarce medical resources are allocated among patients, particularly when the patients outnumber the available resources. The process of determining how different medical situations...
by Michael Vacca | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
The focus of health care is to bring healing to those in need—that is, to patients. At the Christ Medicus Foundation and CMF CURO, we advocate for Christ-centered healing that recognizes the inherent dignity of each patient, the importance of individual conscience,...
by Michael Vacca | Mar 27, 2020 | Media Appearances, Publications
Originally appears in ETHICS & MEDICS, A Commentary of The National Catholic Bioethics Center on Health Care and the Life Sciences March 2020 Volume 45, Number 3 The Washington Post featured an opinion article from Ronald Krotoszynski Jr. on December 11, 2019,...
by Michael Vacca | Sep 4, 2019 | Journal
Many human rights violations can be traced to a distorted image of the human person. If we misunderstand human nature, we will misconstrue the human rights and duties that proceed from this nature. A correct philosophical anthropology is essential, then, to the...